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Details for manuscript 434a

Manuscript №
434a
Location
London
Collection
British Library
Reference
Cotton Nero D I
Headnote
Matthew Paris etc.
Estimated date of production
s.xiii (med)
Folia
187
Place of production
Produced for
Notes
"middle of the 13th century, with additions to 2nd quarter of the 14th century"; 171r-171v has only a few words of French
Sources for this record
http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS041-001102708

Manuscript contents

Contents
Text Title Language Start folio (ordinal) End folio (ordinal) Total pages
1 ff. 2r-25r: Matthew Paris, Vita Offarum . Latin 2r (3) 25r (49) 47.0
2 ff. 25v-26v: Matthew Paris, a part of the Gesta abbatum monasterii Sancti Albani, begins: 'Cum Danorum rabies in Anglia feralius grassaretur', ends: 'litteris minime commendatur'. Latin 25v (50) 26v (52) 3.0
3 ff. 27r-29v: Translation of the relics St Alban. Latin 27r (53) 29v (58) 6.0
4 ff. 30r-69r: Matthew Paris, the Gesta abbatum monasterii Sancti Albani, begins: 'Hic prenotantur nomina Abbatum Ecclesie Sancti Albani'. Ends (f. 68v): 'hec pagina a frater Matthieo scripta est parisiensi. qui de futuris non presumit diffinire'. This is followed by accounts until 1252 (ff. 68v-69r). Latin 30r (59) 69v (138) 79.5
5 ff. 69v-148v: Liber additamentorum, a cartulary spanning the years 1242-1259 gathered by Matthew Paris. This cartulary consists in numerous Papal privileges and St Alban's charters. Latin 69v (138) 148v (296) 155.0
6 Cartulary French 98v (196) 98v (196) 0.5
7 Cartulary French 132v (264) 132v (264) 0.5
8 Cartulary French 138v (276) 140v (280) 2.5
9 ff. 149r-161r: Series of St Alban's charters and privileges. Matthew Paris copied these documents from a 12th-century St Alban's cartulary. Latin 149r (297) 161v (322) 26.0
10 ff. 162r-163r: a list of Popes from Peter to Nicolas III. The list is continued by later additions until Paul II. Latin 162r (323) 163v (326) 3.5
11 ff. 163v-164v: a Liber provincialis. Latin 163v (326) 164v (328) 2.5
12 ff. 165r-v: notes in the hand of Matthew Paris. Latin 165r (329) 165v (330) 2.0
13 ff. 166r-v: continuation of the Liber provincialis. Latin 166r (331) 166v (332) 1.5
14 ff. 166v-167r: Obituary of St Alban's from 1216 to 1253. Matthew Paris mentioned himself: 'Hoc anno ego Frater Matheus Parisiensis habitum suscepi religionis, die sancte Agnetis'. Latin 166v (332) 167r (333) 1.0
15 f. 167r: Names of the kings of England from Hyne to Henry III with a long note on John the 1st. Latin 167r (333) 167r (333) 0.5
16 ff. 168r-169r: Laurent of Saint-Alban's responses against Henri III's accusations laying against Hubert de Burgh, count of Kent. Latin 168r (335) 169r (337) 3.0
17 ff. 169v-170v: A drawing of the elephant sent to Henry III by Louis IX of France as a gift in 1255 (f. 169v). Some account about the elephant are written (ff. 169r-170v). Latin 169v (338) 170v (340) 3.0
18 ff. 171r-171v: coloured drawings of coats of arms of the English nobility (Dean no. 391.1) French 171r (341) 171v (342) 1.0
19 ff. 171r-171v: coloured drawings of coats of arms of the English nobility (Dean no. 391.1) Latin 171r (341) 171v (342) 1.0
20 f. 172r: The tenants holding fees and lands of St Alban's. Latin 172r (343) 172r (343) 1.0
21 f. 172v: list of persons holding a land by service at Newcastle and Chichester, 28th year of Henry III's reign. Latin 172v (344) 172v (344) 1.0
22 f. 173r: list of persons holding a land by service during the reign of Edward I. Latin 173r (345) 173r (345) 1.0
23 ff. 173v-175v: various charters and accounts involving St Alban's, the king or the exchequer. Latin 173v (346) 174r (347) 2.0
24 ff. 176r-183r: pleas from St Alban's. Latin 176r (351) 183r (365) 14.0
25 ff. 181v-182r: lands owned by St Alban's written in Matthew Paris's hand. Latin 181v (362) 182r (363) 1.0
26 ff. 183v-184r: drawn itinerary from London to Naples. French 183v (366) 184r (367) 2.0
27 f. 184v-: accounts about Thomas of Savoy's sons with a genealogical tree in the margin. Accounts about the children of Alienor, queen of England accompanied with a genealogical tree in the margin. Latin 184v (368) 184v (368) 1.0
28 f. 185r: a note in honour of the King of Offa. A note of the different winds accompanied with a diagram. A pen trial of a bird overcome the circle of the winds. Latin 185r (369) 185r (369) 1.0
29 f. 185v: a circular diagram of the winds with the names in Latin and old French linked to the elements. Below, verses about the winds, the red rubric specifies: 'Frater Matheus, De ventis'. Latin 185v (370) 185v (370) 0.33
30 North West' etc. English 185v (370) 185v (370) 0.33
31 est' etc. French 185v (370) 185v (370) 0.33
32 Latin charts etc. Latin 186r (371) 186r (371) 1.0

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